A fungal growth on the leaf of a Gympie Gympie stinging bush. Mt Glorious, Qld.
The new flower bud on a Thai Basil plant. Toowong, Qld.
A cluster of tiny mushrooms on rotting timber. Cow Bay, Qld.
Extrafloral Nectary - Cottonwood Tree
A tiny wasp feeds from a strangely finger-shaped extrafloral nectary on a cottonwood leaf. Kyogle, NSW.
Technomyrmex worker ant collects nectar from the extrafloral gland on a wild tobacco leaf. Studies have shown that damage to leaves can induce nectar production from these glands which in turn attract beneficial insects like ants that may help protect the plant. Broadwater Creek, Qld.
A red tinged gall infests both sides of this leaf. Kyogle, NSW.
A fine layer of sand is enough encouragement for this weed to grow through the fake turf on a tennis court. Bunya, QLD.
Backlit by the sun. Mt Coot-tha, QLD.
Mt Coot-tha, QLD.
Mt Coot-tha, QLD.
The curled up bloom of a pink hibiscus with thrips. Mt Coot-tha, QLD.
Oxley Creek, QLD.
The sun and the seed pod.
Peat moss covered in a fine web strung with pearls of dew.
This is the bloom of Aseroe rubra - a corpse flower fungus I found at the local botanical gardens. It smells like cat poo and looks like cat poo. Gross.
A thrips dives in and out of a pink thistle flower, helping to pollinate as it goes. It's probably also doing something bad.
Fungus invades the stem of a dandelion. It looks like it's exploded from the stem like pustules of pollen. Fungus spread via spores though, so probably not pollen.
Fruit from a shrub with long, flat leaves that act as branches. The flowers form on the edges of the leaves at regular intervals.
Bromeliad with tiny bug.
The spiny and fascinating seed pod of a canna lily.
Fungus on fire. The underside of a dying mushroom, backlit.
The Extrafloral Nectary of an ivy plant on the leaf stem excreting some nectar. Toowong, Qld.
An Extrafloral Nectary of an ivy leaf with a drop of nectar. There are four of these on the underside of this leaf. Ants collect the nectar as it is produced. Toowong, Qld.